Dispensing and displaying carton



R. H. F|TZ GERALD. DISPENSING AND DISPLAYING CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, I919.

Patented June 1,1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BAY FITZ GERALD, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPENSING AND DISPLAYING CARTON.

Application filed June 23,

clear, and exact descriptionof the invention,

such as .will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. i

This invention relates to improvements in dispensing and displaycartons, and more particularly to such as are made of paper orcard-board,one object of the invention being to so construct such acarton that it shall be capable of holding and dispensing articles ofcylindrical form and operate effectually to hold back the greater bulkof the articles from the discharge or dispensing part and yet insure thefeeding of such articles singly and without crowding.

A further object is to so construct a carton of the type specified thatit may be readily and economically manufactured and quickly assembled.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafterset forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cartonembody ing my improvements; Fig. 2 is a view partly in perspective andpartly in section; Fig. 3

is a View of the blank from which the body of the carton is made; Fig. 4is'a perspective view showing bottom member; and Fig. 5 is a View of theblank from which the bottom member ,is made. 1

In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings, the body of thecarton 1 is. made rectangular in form, comprising front and back members2, 3 and side members 4, 5 integral therewith. The side members 4-5 areprovided at their upper ends with flaps 6, 6, and the front and backmembers 2, 3 are provided with flaps 7, 7 ,-said flaps being adapted tobe folded inwardly and provide a top for the carton. The bottom of thecarton may be similarly formed by means of flaps 8 and 9.

The front 2 of the carton is provided, near its bottom, with a dischargeopening 10, a

shallow upstanding flange 11 being left be- Specification of IettersPatent. Patented June 1 1920.

1919. Serial No. 306,195.

low said opening to form an abutment to prevent the accidental escape ofthe cylindrical articles to be dispensed. The side walls 4 and 5 may benotched, as at 12, at respective ends of the discharge opening 10 tofacilitate the'grasping of the article to be dispensed.

Located within the lower portion of the carton, is an inclined bottommember 13 which is so constructed and placed in the carton as to provide'a platform 14 inclining downwardly and forwardly from the rear member 3of the carton to the front member 2 thereof, its front edge terminatingbelow the upper edge of the flange 11. The bottom member 1.3 is providedwith an upright member 15 which depends from the upper edge of theinclined platform 14 and lies against the back member 3 of the carton.

From the lower edge of the upright member 15, a base member 16 extendsforwardly and rests upon the bottom of the carton. The base member 16terminates rearwardly of the front of the carton and is made with anupturned flange 17 which serves as a brace (for the intermediate portionof the inclined platform 14. The upturned flange 17 is provided with apluralityof upstanding tongues 18 (which may be located at the endportions of said flanges) and these tongues extend through notches 19made in the side edge portions of the platform and project upwardlyabove the upper face of the latter at points rearwardly of'the frontlower edge of said inclined platfo'rm.

The inclined platform of the bottom member will tend to cause thecylindrical articles within the carton to move forwardly, but theupstanding tongues will act as bafiies to hold back the major bulk ofthe articles, permitting only the front vertical tier of articles to bedisposed in a vertical plane in front of that of said tongue. When anarticle is withdrawn through thedischarge opening 10, the next articlein the front tier will drop into position and an article will move fromthe top of the next tier .to the top of the front tier of articles, andthis will continue, asarticles are withdrawn through the dischargeopening, until only two articles remain on the bottom inclined platform.These last two articles will be held back vby the tongues 18, and themerchant may; cause them to pass over said tongues by jarring o shakingthe carton. v Various changes might be made in the details ofconstruction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereofor limiting its'scope and hence I do not wish to restrict myself to theprecise details herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letmediate of the front and rear edges thereof.

3. The combination of the body portion' of a carton having a dischargeopening in its lower portion, a bottom member located in the body of thecarton and forming an inclined platform, and tongues projecting upwardlyfrom said platform, said tongues spaced rearwardly from the dischargeopening in the carton.

4. The combination of the body, portion of a carton having a dischargeopening in its lower portion, a bottom member within said body portionand forming in a single piece a platform inclining in a direction towardsaid discharge opening and a part prowithin said body portion andcomprising in a single piece, a platform inclining from the back to thefront of the carton, a vertical member lying against the back member ofthe carton and a bottom portion provided with an upturned flange underthe platform in a position rearwardly .of the front edge of the latter,said flange having upstanding tongues extending through and projectingupwardly beyond said platform.

6. The combination of the body portion of a carton having an elongateddischarge opening in its front portion above the bottom of said frontportion, thereby forming a flange below said discharge opening, aninclined platform extending from the rear member of the carton to thefront portion thereof below the upper edge of said flange, and tonguesprojecting upwardly from said platform and spaced rearwardly from thefront edge thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

RAY H. FITZ GERALD.

-Witnesses:

G. F. DOWNING, W. S. HODGE.

